At the end of this year, Google Health will flatline. The service couldn’t encourage many people to import or analyze their health data, and experts say its untimely death is, in many ways, an extension of U.S. health-care providers’ failure to share data across institutions, or make it ...
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Rather than study electronic health record (EHR) usability in the abstract, “a few high-value use cases, particularly those that have patient safety implications,” should be examined, according to recommendations developed by the Health IT Policy Committee’s adoption and certifica...
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Verizon has added new capabilities to two of its security programs, capabilities that should help health delivery organization strengthen security across their health systems and assess the security practices of partners they do business with. Announced Thursday, the company said its Verizon Securi...
Read More →Whether or not you work in the healthcare or pharmaceutical industries, it’s worth noting the growing role of the Internet and social networks in how we make medical decisions. The fact that Americans are turning to the Internet and social networks for resources on some of our most deeply ...
Read More →When you purchase something, would you rather pay the “wholesale” or “retail” price? If you are a rational person, you would say “wholesale” 100 percent of the time because everyone knows that wholesale is cheaper. You are getting it more directly as there is no m...
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